Light attachment



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Frederick Raymond Sutherland and Charles Wheeler Bell, Harrodsburg, Ky.

\ Application June 14, 1932. Serial No. 617,198

1 Claim. (Cl. 240-2) This invention appertains tonew and useful improvements in the art of illumination and more particularly to a novel light attachment for laundry irons.

Theprincipal object of this invention is to provide a light attachment for irons which can be readily attached to a conventional iron so that a light will be thrown onto the work while the iron is in use.

During the course of the following specification, other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader.

In the drawings:-

Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of an iron equipped with the novel attachment.

Fig. 2 represents a top planview of the attachment of an iron.

Fig. 3 represents a horizontal sectional view substantially on line 3-3 of Fig.1.

Fig. 4 represents a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 represents a fragmentary detailed sectional view taken substantially on line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 represents a fragmentary detail sectional view disclosing another form of plug.

Fig. 7 represents an inside elevational view of the novel connector with which the plug shown in Fig. 6 is engageable.

Fig. 8 represents a perspective view of the conduit and support thereof.

Fig. 9 represents a diagrammatic view'disclos ing the electrical connections between the electrical devices involved.

Referring to the draw ngs wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen in Fig. 4, that numeral 5 generally refers to the electric iron which includes the base 6 and the top shell 7. Numeral 8 represents the di-electric carrier for the heating element, the ends of which are connected to the binding posts 9-10 by the members 11. The binding posts 9 and 10 are located in the receptacle or the rear end of the shell '7 and into this is engageable the connector generally referred to by numeral 13 in Figs. 1 and '2.-

As is clearly shown in Fig. 1, the connector 13 is made up of the di-electric sections 14-15, the section 14 being shown in Fig. 7, with the electrical conductors thereon, and removed from association with the section '15.

As can be seen in Fig. '7, numeral 16 represents a di-electricslider transversely disposed through the connector 14 and having the conductor bands 1'7-12 thereon. Numeral 19 represents a friction spring for the slider 16. Numerals 20-21 reprethe sockets 23-23.

C and have feet 40 for supporting the'same.

sent conductor pins each of which terminate at one end at the slider 16 and at its opposite end, at the outer end of the section 14 in the form of a head 22. These heads 22-22 engage with the binding posts 9-10 in the receptacle 12 when the connector 13 is attached to the iron.

In the butt end of the connector 14 are the sockets 23-23 for receiving the plugs generally referred to by numeral 24 extending longitudinally in the section 14 and in contact with the slider 16 are the pins 25-26 with which the plugs 24-24 are engageable when inserted into from the pins 25-26 and through the flexible conduit 29 which attaches to the sections 14 and 15. Each of the plugs 24 consists of a cup-like member 30 of di-electric material having a removable plug 31 at one end. Extending from the opposite end of the cup-like member 30 is the contact pin tached suitably to the ends of the handle 37.

Legs 39 depend from the tubular conduit 35 These Conductors 27-28 extend feet have openings therein and through the openings of the feet 40 and through the openings in the bight portion of the U-shaped support 38 extend securing elements 41 whereby the conduits and support 38 is firmly secured to the shell '7 of the iron.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new is:-

In combination, a handle, having a portion thereof adjacent one end reduced, a lamp, a clip having spring fingers, said fingers being adapted to engage the reduced portion of the handle while the clip proper engages the adjacent end of the handle, a plate extension on the clip and a lamp socket on the plate extension for holding the said lamp.

FRED RAYMOND SUTHIERLAND. CHARLES WHEELER BELL. 

